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"Stoner Bowls" and Burritos: The Enticing Food Finds at the Gathering of the Juggalos

One of the true hardships that we face as a nation is the omnipresent problem of being surrounded by booze and stimulating foods. In the comforts of your own home, you may be able to curb your pizza roll addiction into having just a civilized cup of tomato soup. At the Gathering of the Juggalos, you ... More >>

Watching the Wheels

Columbia planning prof and his students imagine a New York of bike shares and self-driving cars

Cafe Zaiya's Fried Noodle Sandwich and other Weird Japanese Treats

Japanese people are excellent at taking an awesome idea and putting their own spin on it. Car engines, for instance, morphed from monstrous, gas-guzzling machines into streamlined, compact workhorses in the hands of Toyota and Honda. Curry, introduced to Japan by the British in the late 1800s, was r ... More >>

The 10 Most Corrupt Tax Loopholes

If Mitt Romney won't tell you which need to be closed, we will

Here's the Guy Who Set Fire to 15 Cars on September 11

NYPD is asking for help to find an arsonist responsible for setting fire to 15 separate cars in Upper Manhattan on the morning of September 11. The first vehicle burned was a 2004 Chrysler Minivan at around 1:45 a.m. on West 151 Street. From there, he went on a spree that lasted at least five hour ... More >>

Man Loses 16 Pounds on the Patented Coors Light Snowdrift Diet

​In a TRUE STORY that surely has the makers of Coors Light peeing themselves in glee (or pouring Coors Lights down their pants?), a 52-year-old man named Clifton Vial survived being stranded in his Toyota in an Alaskan snowdrift for three days in negative-degree temperatures, with no cell serv ... More >>

The 10 Best Rightblogger Rants of 2010: Obama vs. Jesus, The Sperm Donor Menace, And More!

What a horrible year it's been. There's been something to annoy everyone, and everyone took full advantage: The health care bill, the Tea Party, the BP spill, the Ground Zero Mosque, the Glenn Beck and Jon Stewart rallies, the Republican Comeback, the enhanced TSA patdowns, WikiLeaks -- and every bi ... More >>

Judge Has Mercy on Lindsay Lohan After She Shows Up for Hearing in Toyota Minivan

​Well, Lindsay Lohan had her court date today, to which she actually showed up early in a Toyota minivan instead of an Escalade, and the highly anticipated answer to whether she'd be sent back to rehab or to prison is...back to rehab! Those of you who guessed correctly, please use the nearest ... More >>

Your Monday Morning Links

​Good morning! In case you fell into a hole over the weekend (no judgments from us), here's your list of what everybody will be talking about today: • There was a 7-alarm fire at Grand Street and Allen (285 and 283 Grand) in Chinatown last night, bringing more than 250 firefighters and 60 f ... More >>

Highbridge Man Shot in the Head in His Car

View Larger Map DATE: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 5:30 p.m. LOCATION: In front of 1262 Nelson Ave., Highbridge, The Bronx. A man was shot outside the above address Sunday evening, the police say. He was found in the driver's seat of a Toyota, shot once in the head. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, w ... More >>

Have You Seen... Traffic Patrol Tire-Slasher

About 50 seconds into this surveillance video, you can see somebody slashing the tires of an NYPD Parking Enforcement vehicle on St. Raymond Avenue in The Bronx on Monday. He hit four in all. Guy must have had a lot of tickets. Well, it could have been worse. All they can tell about him is that he ... More >>

Giants, Jets Marketing Season Begins This Week

​The NFL season kicks off, as they say, on Thursday, ushering in a new wave of sports marketing. Local teams are on top of it! The Jets today announce a partnership with High Point Auto Insurance, through which season-ticket holders can get discounts on car insurance. "As a season ticket hol ... More >>

Nora Ephron Dishes More on Her Eating Habits; Starbucks Goes Lean

​Everyone's talking to Nora Ephron this week, including Newsweek. The Julie & Julia director drops several new nuggets of culinary information about herself: "I'm a pretty careful eater but I do love a good corn chip, I really do." [Newsweek] Life as a competitive eater isn't as glamorous as ... More >>

Metal Outfit Nachtmystium Banned from Scion Rock Fest, Branded as 'Nazis'

Over the weekend, the not-quite black metal outfit Nachtmystium was forced to withdraw from the Scion Rock Fest, in Atlanta, which for a car-company sponsored festival had drawn a shockingly large amount of quality acts: Mastodon, Neurosis, High on Fire, Boris, Converge, Kylesa, Krallice, etc. Nac ... More >>

2009 Creepiest Commercial Awards

Commercials are growing creepier. Some devolution is easy to trace; 1990's Viagra ads begat modern "male enhancement" commercials, and mid-80's Teddy Ruxpin ads begat Charmin's current war on dingleberries. But from what market-tested pathology sprang BK's intentionally disturbing 'stalker' ads? ... More >>

New York City's jobless rate soars; Toyota drives off a cliff; Sullenberger lands in limelight

Heaven can wait: Chesley Sullenberger live, in "US Airways Flight 1549 Full Cockpit Recording" To try to counter the sickening economic news, remember another horror story that actually had a happy ending. Sully Sullenberger knows what "sickening" feels like, although his voice in the above cockp ... More >>

Americans start acting responsibly, sending country deeper into depression

Your own private Idaho. When you can no longer afford even a night out in Boise, Idaho, your country's in deep financial trouble. In a clever immorality tale about 21st century capitalism, the Wall Street Journal tells us this morning that people in the Intermountain West are having to give up m ... More >>

Dying GM Drops Yankee Deal, Sticks with Mets

Don DeLillo Blogging the Election For the Onion: Definitely a Hoax

Bagel Smackdown! Winners, Losers, Fakers, Offal

Daily Flog: Smears and schmears; meltdowns on Wall Street and in the Arctic

Daily Flog 8/6/08: Idiot SI sibs, the skinny on Obama, and finally a good reason to invade Iraq

This Bud's for Tu

Hillary's Pulling Out! As If!

Charlie Wilson's War Is Over. He Lost.

EL-P To Play Urban Outfitters in July

Horoscope

Leaps and Bounds

Cash Cowed

Pursuing Terrorists in the Great Desert

The U.S. Military's $500 Million Gamble to Prevent the Next Afghanistan

Pursuing Terrorists in the Great Desert

The U.S. Military's $500 Million Gamble to Prevent the Next Afghanistan

The Razor's Edge

In relatively calm southern Iraq, people chafe under the occupation

Winning Teddy Bears at the Ringtoss, and Capturing the Friedbergers

Dead-Check in Falluja

Embedded with the Marines in Iraq

Greatest Whatevers

Just because you can spell 'forbearance' correctly doesn't mean you'll get a gold star

Checkpoint Baghdad

As the Looters Run Out of Loot, Layers of Disaster Remain

Forget Your Problems, We're Preparing for a War

Tigers in a Spotlight

Theater

Ciao, Mario

Two-Bedroom Apartment, Pre-War Building

Education

NY Mirror

Mujahideen Come Home

Things Change—and Remain the Same—in Post-Taliban Jalalabad

Theater

Hot Tickets

Really Gone, Man

Stage Struck

From Fringe to Pop— Welcome to the Big Boom in Summer Theater Festivals

Two Realists

Out of the Garret

A new study examines the real economic life of artists

Crash Rash

Learning From the Demolition Derby